Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-21
VERY WARM.
A Rot WAYS SWEEPS OVER NORTH
CAR0LIGh.
Fsrm'Hands Frustrated in the Wheat.
helds-ksgistrates Fail to Quail
ify- Other Items,
ISrocial telegram % tho ni.n,,.h

kAlhi@H, y. e., June 20,-The intense
heat since last Friday is rcmarkablc for this
carly IN. the season. Yesterday the thor.
momotCr here indicated 100 degrees. Al
the STATE siSoa|staliOn Il was 9S. To-day
10 was Tue same. kilograms from various
polntS ~ the Siate report very high ten.
pcralcre. Al GoldSboro' the mercury
stood 81 lol TO day, and at other point, l03
were no figures. The popularity OF the
neat j. 'la' 10 j excessive for several hours
daily. several csSe> are reported Of tho
plostIailon % iarm-hb0rerS at work i'm the
Nhcat6CldS
II j. sisted that q large number oi m,si..
trato> appointed hy The last LeeisI,,nro
have failed % qualify ~ required So Tho
Governor viii have 10 an the vacancies In
about two weeks H. Will begin This rlsk.
The restaurant and gambling-Saloon N
long KEPT hero 10y james IL. Miller was
sold here io-iaN and hrough, $40. 900. This
c9ds The noted suit against Miller for keen
ing gHwhhpl-houSC. in winch JudSe
Clark hacd him $1,000. OF this fnc about
$1,000 viii nov he paid. Miller hl. iaRen
the irso ont debtors oath. The mortgage
ON The property was 10000.
There were 1890 people in the Atlantic
Hotel % Nprchcad rs guests to-day. Tbi.
i>thc gTcaic,t crowd ever assembled al any
watering place 10 this State.
TIE TOBACCO CROP.
The current Information is that tbcrc
VII Doe rather over half crop OF tobacco.
The great faltinr.0ii j, due TO a marked
dmiuuii3n of acreage ana 10 IN unfavor-
able season. Cold weather and insects in.
iurcd the plants, and sitter the plants were
set ont other damage WIS done. Thcsttnd
is poor In some sections. Il Is hoped that
The small quantity ot-tae CROP will be bal.
ancCd 10y high quality. This year i GER
tainly remarkable one for all crops save
tobacco.
NOTABLE POINT ABOUT THE COTTON CROP.
Farmer, here say the cotton j, further
advanced than they ever kneT IL at this
season. Last year at this date the plants
were a high rs ones hand: this wear they
are knoc-bigh. "Tbc season j. a full
month earlier than last" said a farmer of
TN, county today. lit was the middle OF
August last season before we 'laid by'
our crops 4; this year we will lag them by =
hv the middle II July. No farmers in tai,
section ever saw such favorable crop wea-
TIER or knew cotton % grow 20 fast. The
stand : perfect. A. % the wheat crop,
that Is cut and in man cases stored"
CUaEEN. NEWS.
The Adult nt.Gcrcral has received ap-
pllcati0uS for permission 10 form twelve
military companies.
Farmers inst tutes are in much favor,
this feeling being due To the ones recently
held. In The late summer a great number
viii be held. IL j. learned II the Depart.
ment Of Agriculture.
Proprietor> Of summer resorts expect
tal a.. ff,r
begins July Isl. and both coast and noun
tam resort, will no doubt receive a larger
patronage than usual. Several hotels have
teen built since last season.
4 horrible story comes from Richmond
county. y negro man quarrclled with bis
wife and threw billet OF wood at her. The
woman GodgCd and her youngest child was
ill., II, sbull was broken and it quickly
died. The murderer escaped from the OH
ccr, who bod arrested him.
10 j, SAID that there are no less than $50
cases ii dys,ntCry on the line between
Chatham ami Durham counties. The fatal
IFS amOug the Little one, from This cause in
several section, bgs been exec ssiVe, and APP
Pear, 20 De due to nolocll cause.
Mr.. Kerr Crlge accepted the revenue
collector,hip. lll, office will be at Salts
lury. BE docs not propose to make any
sweeping changes IN the force OF deputies,
DC. it i- stated.
The NoT:o Southern railway will this
week make application for a suspension,
30 far rs u is concerned. of the fourth Sec
ton Of the inter STATE commerce act.
The grape crop is an especially fine one.
Reports from The chic: vine. growing sec
tious are all 10 this effect. shipments will
De- a little earlier than last year, possibly.
There viii De- more wine aud grape milk
manufactured than ever before. The lat
ter not made in the state, but the grapes
are shipped North in bulk.
Their, has as Sc; been no settlement OF
the North Carolina bond, held by the Sec
rotary II The Interior in trust for the In
dian fund. The state j, rc'dy TO settle at
ans moment the Secretary desires.